On one side are Councilman Jason Holleman, neighborhood groups across the city and the Planning Department. On the other side are Councilmen Charlie Tygard and Jim Gotto, Nashville’s development community and a group of churches, schools and community groups. At stake is whether electronic signs, like those seen at national chain pharmacies, will be allowed […]

In a one-sentence letter sent to the Metro Planning Commission Tuesday afternoon, developer Tony Giarratana withdrew his request for a rehearing of the May Town Center rezoning proposal, citing “the positions being taken by Metro Legal.” Metro attorneys have said planning commissioners who opposed the rezoning would have to make the motion and second for […]

A new plan for the May Town Center development probably needs to go through the entire Metro planning process rather than simply getting a rehearing, Metro Planning Director Rick Bernhardt told developer Tony Giarratana in a letter today. Bernhardt wrote that the planning commission decided Thursday to put Giarratana’s rehearing request on its Oct. 8 […]

In his latest bid to turn a loss into a win, May Town Center developer Tony Giarratana has released a poll saying “a large majority” of Nashville residents support the controversial proposal. But that’s not really true, according to the fine print. In fact, 50 percent of the 400 surveyed voters said they support the […]

The Metro Planning Commission will decide next week whether to rehear the May Town Center rezoning application that failed in a somewhat confusing series of votes last month. Here’s the commission’s letter today to developer Tony Giarratana and Giarratana’s letter to the commission last week. Share on FacebookPosted In: Local

The Metro Planning Department just posted a 48-page recommendation that the planning commission approve the controversial, $4 billion May Town Center development proposal for the Bells Bend area, with extensive conditions. Share on FacebookPosted In: Local

The Metro Planning Commission has posted a study of the traffic impact of the controversial May Town Center mixed-use development proposal for Bells Bend. The commission also said in a news release that it “will discuss public hearing schedules and other procedures related to the May Town Center application at noon Wednesday, May 20, in […]

The developer of the proposed May Town Center is offering to fly Metro planning commissioners to Virginia on a chartered corporate plane to see a model for the development, and some Bells Bend and Scottsboro residents are crying foul. In a letter sent Monday, Tony Giarratana invited every member of the Metro Planning Commission to […]

The developers of the controversial May Town Center proposal in rural West Nashville will talk about how they’ve changed their zoning application during a Metro Planning Commission workshop on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Metro Southeast, 1417 Murfreesboro Pike. Master developer Tony Giarratana said the commission won’t take any votes after the “briefing” on the […]

Members of the Metro Council and two city boards, as well as the attorneys and administrators who advise them on land use issues, have spent part of this week in training mandated by a federal court order. The sessions on the Fair Housing Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act are required […]